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U.S. Senate Republicans chose South Dakota Sen. John Thune to succeed Mitch McConnell as Senate majority leader. Thune was selected after two rounds of a secret ballot election that took place ...
McConnell is a Southern Baptist, baptized at age 8. [211] He was married to his first wife, Sherrill Redmon, from 1968 to 1980 and had three daughters, Porter, Eleanor (Elly), and Claire. [212] [213] [214] Porter McConnell is the campaign director for Take on Wall Street, a left-wing advocacy coalition.
A vote on the leadership position will take place in November, with whoever replaces McConnell stepping into the position of minority or majority leader in January alongside the election of the ...
McConnell is resigning his leadership role after a record 18 years in the position, just in time for Thune to become the Senate majority leader in January
Senator Mitch McConnell, the leader of the Senate Republican Conference since 2007, announced in February 2024 that he would step down from his leadership position following the 2024 United States Senate elections. [2]
Voter ID laws would not have prevented the ballot harvesting that took place; experts said that McConnell was conflating ballot fraud (where someone manipulates ballots of legitimate voters) with voter fraud (voting by illegitimate voters). [173] The Associated Press and PolitiFact described McConnell's remarks as "misleading." [174] [175]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024
Incumbent leader Mitch McConnell defeated a challenge by Florida senator Rick Scott in a vote by secret ballot. This was the first contested conference leadership election since 1996, and marked a departure from the tradition of unanimously confirming incumbent leaders who chose to run for re-election.